Appeal Court Acquits Prophet Jailed For Life Over Missing Toddler

The Court of Appeal in Akure has acquitted Alfa Babatunde, a prophet, who was sentenced to life imprisonment over the mysterious disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, from his church.

Justice Hamma Barka passed the judgement on Friday and set aside the judgement of an Ondo State High Court which sentenced Babatunde. Information Guide Nigeria

Babatunde, founder of Sotitibire Praising Chapel in Akure, was arrested by officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) after Gold was said to have disappeared during service in November 2019. CHANNELS TV reports.

He was later charged to court with six members of the church over claims that they conspired to abduct the boy.

The clergyman and the other suspects have since been remanded at the Olokuta Correctional Centre in the Ondo State capital while the case continued. jamb results

In October 2020, Justice Olusegun Odusola of the high court in Akure sentenced the prophet and five others to life imprisonment.

The seventh person was discharged and acquitted as the court held that the prosecution counsel could not prove any case against him.

The defendants were sentenced on two counts of kidnapping, as well as aiding and abetting to kidnap, based on the evidence provided by the prosecutor.

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